Telegram CEO Durov is accused of 12 crimes

French law enforcement has accused Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the Telegram messenger, of 12 crimes.

Source: press release of the Parisian Court of Justice

Details: Durov is under investigation in a case about cybercrimes and extortion.

The French Prosecutor’s Office specified that he had been accused of 12 crimes:

• refusing to transfer information relevant to investigations on the request of law enforcement agencies;
• complicity in drug trafficking;
• complicity in cybercrimes;
• complicity in extortion;
• laundering of illegally obtained funds;
• illegal providing of cryptographic services and tools for facilitating confidentiality;
• complicity in storing pornographic content featuring minors.

Durov may be punished with 5 to 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of €150,000 to €500,000 under the article about managing an online-platform which allows illegal trafficking of forbidden products, content or services.

Durov may remain in custody until 28 August.

Background:

• French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that the decision to detain Pavel Durov was not political.
• Toncoin lost US$2.7 billion in value after the news about the arrest of Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger.  

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